2011 Domaine François Mikulski Meursault

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  2/29/2020 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  A blend of organically farmed Chardonnay sourced from several climats in Meursault, vinified separately and finally blended together. Average vine age 35 years, annual production around 9000 bottles. 13% alcohol.
  
  Youthful, pale grassy green color. Cool, fresh and rather youthful nose with precise aromas of sweetish white fruits, some ripe red apples, a little bit of creamy oak, light flinty mineral tones, a hint of pineapple and a touch of savory wood spice. Very bright overall impression, not really showing age or much oak influence. The wine is clean, youthful and lively on the palate with a medium body and bright, focused flavors of saline minerality, tart green apples, some ripe lemony citrus fruits, a little bit of chalky mineral bitterness, light creamy oak tones, a hint of spicy red apple and a touch of fresh and crunchy white fruits. Overall the wine feels quite high-strung, lean and mineral with a quite tightly-wound character. The racy acidity keeps the wine wonderfully fresh and structured. The lively, acid-driven finish is crisp, steely and mouth-cleansing with precise flavors of Granny Smith apple, creamy oak, some tart lemony citrus fruits, a little bit of buttery richness and a mineral hint of cool, wet stones.
  
  A very precise, remarkably fresh and surprisingly youthful Meursault with a noticeably mineral overall character. True to the Mikulski style, this is not a rich, buttery and showy Meursault, but instead a rather lean and focused effort with emphasis on high acidity and stony minerality. Even at the age of 8½ years, the wine is still very youthful and tightly-wound like a violin string. While the wine might not be that complex due to its relatively youthful character, the wine feels like it is brimming with unrealized potential. Needs easily another decade or so before starting to sing. Expect the score to ramp up another point or a few as the wine ages. A very promising effort for a village-level Meursault. Recommended.

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  10/28/2018 - KVM wrote:

  Subdued nose and palate. Oxidative notes on the finish. Slightly corked perhaps, or just passed over the hill.

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  6/21/2018 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points

  Mivvy Catchup: Herbal, apple, white florals and lime. Good texture on the palate, the flavours are more restrained than the boldness of the nose. Mid length, maybe just lacking a bit of dimension.

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  4/8/2018 - KVM wrote:

  Four good, sound bottles. Clean fruit and softening acid.

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  5/1/2016 - popopdrops wrote: 88 Points

  Litt likegyldig. Noe eik, overtydelig syre.
  Mye bedre dag to, syren stabilisert, eik roa seg.
  2 Poeng opp!

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